Anyone doing any diy this weekend?

[TheDoctor]

Just got to hang the door on the airing cupboard I've built.
You can build anything with tongue and groove. And a lot of screws...

Humph. I need to paint it, it would seem.
Toolstation do a self-priming satin white paint. Could be the way to go...

 

[Speicher]

Humph. I need to paint it, it would seem.
Toolstation do a self-priming satin white paint. Could be the way to go...

Do you need to use knotting solution first. Otherwise you will forever have what looks like coffee stains on your cupboard doors.

 

[TheDoctor]

It's only an airing cupboard, and it's on the upstairs landing. TBH, it's made if knotty pine, I'd have to paint the whole thing in knotting solution!

 

[Jason]

Spent 40 minutes trying to drill porcelain tiles in the bathroom , in that time I managed about 10% of the first hole!!!!!
Phone out, screwfix.com, diamond tipped drill at £18.60 ordered.
In car, drive 3 miles, collected
4 holes drilled in 5 minutes. Many many many browny points banked with Mrs Bourne.

Lesson of the day is use the right tool for the job

 

[screenman]

DIY this end is to replace the heater control in eldest daughters car.
It's nearly worth the fee to pay a garage to do it instead.

Not a C4 I hope.

 

[screenman]

It's only an airing cupboard, and it's on the upstairs landing. TBH, it's made if knotty pine, I'd have to paint the whole thing in knotting solution!

That sap makes a mess of anything it touches,the heat from the cupboard will make it nice and runny.

 

[toffee]

Not a C4 I hope.

Nope a KA

 

[TheDoctor]

That sap makes a mess of anything it touches,the heat from the cupboard will make it nice and runny.

Can't see any sap / resin at all. I have had the wood a few years. Maybe it's spruce rather than pine?

 

[screenman]

Can't see any sap / resin at all. I have had the wood a few years. Maybe it's spruce rather than pine?

In that case you are very lucky.

 

[alicat]

Replaced the flush (outlet valve) on my cistern. Very proud of myself.

 

[swee'pea99]

Actually got round to installing this last night:

Plugs in the back of the amp, then I can play music from my phone thru' the hifi. It's so cool! A friend sent me a file of a recording he'd made with his band, via Telegram, and moments later I was listening to it in glowing stereo. (Forgive me, but at 56 I'm easily impressed by modern technology.)

Not DIY? Well, I plugged it in all on my own. And I read the operating instructions.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

For the 37th weekend running I'm continuing finishing the new extension, the boiler move, the backed bedroom & the landing, once finished if anyone mentions DIY in the next 6 months there will be an eruption bigger than Mount Etna.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Just changed the oil & filter on my Doblo and done a basic service.
Fiat wanted £240 ,it cost me £30 and an hour of my time

 

[MontyVeda]

Does washing the dishes count as DIY?

 

[MontyVeda]

Actually got round to installing this last night:

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Plugs in the back of the amp, then I can play music from my phone thru' the hifi. It's so cool! A friend sent me a file of a recording he'd made with his band, via Telegram, and moments later I was listening to it in glowing stereo. (Forgive me, but at 56 I'm easily impressed by modern technology.)

Not DIY? Well, I plugged it in all on my own. And I read the operating instructions.

Have you tried transmitting with it? I'm after something to plug into my hi-fi amp so i can send whatever goes through the amp to bluetooth speakers in other rooms.